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Albany ... part I (refer to pages 8, 9, 48, & 50 in On the Trail of the
Last of the Mohicans) The Bass Pond Bridge, Biltmore Estate & The Manor Inn,
both in Asheville, Buncombe County The Bass Pond Bridge The Manor Inn is mentioned in the credits, simply as "The Manor,"
which caused just a tad of confusion. The same scout who pointed me towards the
Sawyer Cove Tree Farm, confirmed this as the place. ~~~~~~~ The Bass Pond bridge is freely accessible to visitors of ~~~~~~~ or |
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was most probably readily identifiable to any viewer who
had ever visited the Biltmore Estate. I hadn?t, and so it wasn?t. It didn?t
take me long to figure this out, though ... my first contact with a member of
the Biltmore staff, Suzanne McCullough, brought this response, "... the
crew filmed at the Bass Pond Bridge, in the woods, and in a farm building that
is not open to the public." Bingo! There is but one bridge in The Last
of the Mohicans. The other two items wouldn?t be quite as easy to locate.
When I arrived on the
grounds of the Manor Inn, I was amazed at how small the complex is. Seen in the
movie as a bustling section of Albany, with a carriage moving hell-bent through
the streets, it is really a cramped little space - in a bustling district of the
city - in its own little world. Entering the lobby of the building, Webb?s
HQs, I feel the scene come to life. Even without the set accouterments, even
with the building facings seen in the movie removed, I still half-expected Magua
to be lurking in the shadowy corners of the room.
